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A recent photo has been making the rounds on Twitter of Ewan McGregor with a fully regrown Obi-Wan Kenobi beard. Fuck yes. Rejoice. It’s happening. If you’re anything like me, one of the greatest moments in Star Wars history happened in one of the special features on the DVD for Revenge of the Sith. Because Anakin’s hair changed pretty substantially from Episode II to Episode III, it meant that Hayden Christensen had to get a totally new hairstyle....

Facebook Rank: 23 2017 Rank: 5Number of Employees: 37,666 Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Facebook is likely best known for being the pre-eminent social platform used by more than two billion people across most of the planet. Facebook has long been a leader on issues related to work/life balance and offers robust benefits for parents, including 17 weeks of paid parental leave. Facebook also provides financial support to parents who are trying to conceive or adopt and a daycare reimbursement and child care subsidies to those who have – as well as backup childcare services in case of emergencies....

“There were theories that female orgasm increased the likelihood of getting sperm up into the uterus but, since then, some research has been done to disprove this theory,” says Savita Ginde, M.D., a physician and VP of Medical Affairs at Stride Community Health Center in Colorado. “Right now it appears that male orgasm plays a role in pregnancy but female orgasm is its own experience, unrelated to impacting pregnancy.” The most prominent theory that tied orgasm to conception came to be known as the “upsuck theory,” positing that muscle contractions that occur during a female orgasm help suck sperm through the cervix to the uterus....

Here are five common myths about how to predict your baby’s gender, thoroughly debunked and two really weird peculiar old methods that, surprisingly, may actually have a basis in science. Girls Have Higher Fetal Heart Rates Even before your first ultrasound, your doctor will likely use a doppler heart monitor to measure your baby’s heart rate. If all is well, the heart rate should fall between 120 and 160 beats per minute....

The Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center followed more than 300 children who were split pretty evenly between babies who’d been given cow’s milk formula, soy milk formula, and breast milk. The researchers tested the babies for language skills and other developmental milestones every 3 months for the first year. What they found was that there was no significant difference in growth or development between the groups; all 3 scored, on average, within normal range....

Indoor Activity #1: The Floor Is Lava Prep Time: 5 minutes Hours of Entertainment: 30 minutes What You’ll Need: Cushions The floor is lava is an exciting game yet, simple game and you wouldn’t need to spend a lot of time prepping for this. Your kids should imagine the floor is lava, the move around only using the pieces of cushion you’ve placed on the floor. Indoor Activity #2: Treasure Hunt Prep Time: 15 minutes Hours of Entertainment: About 30 minutes What You’ll Need:...

What Is Nixta Liquor de Elote? Nixta hails from Jilotepec, Mexico, and was deliberately crafted as a celebration of pure maize. The spirit’s aroma exudes the essence of sweet corn with the scent of freshly baked cornbread. Its taste, while undoubtedly alcoholic, has robust notes of cornmeal — dominantly sweet but with a hint of umami — all without the grittiness. While the tamale comparison may be a little extreme — there are no notes of any savory fillings — the sweetness of masa, the corn dough used in tamales, is present in every sip....

All Home Connections, an authorized AT&T retailer, wanted to know what the most popular Halloween costumes would be this year. So, using Google’s top Halloween costume list from 2020 and other trending costumes, the team analyzed Google Trends’ current data and projected the most popular costumes per state. After collecting all the data, sorting through it, and organizing the information, All Home Connections put it into an easy-to-read map. And we’ve got a pretty clear indication of what each state’s most popular costume is going to be – and the overall most popular costumes, too....

Roku: “As the No. 1 streaming platform in the US we believe that HBO Max would benefit greatly from the scale and content marketing capabilities available with distribution on our platform. We are focused on mutually positive distribution agreements with all new (over-the-top) services that will deliver a quality user experience to viewers in the more than 40 million households that choose Roku to access their favorite programs and discover new content....

Starting May 4, the majority of Costco locations and Costco gas stations will return to regular hours. But even though Costco will expand their operating hours, Costco will also require all customers and employees to wear face coverings and masks every time they come into their stores. While this requirement doesn’t apply to kids under 2, or people who can’t wear masks due to medical conditions, the vast majority of people who work and shop at Costco will be expected to comply....

Part of this for me means taking them to church. I’ll be the first to admit it—I’m a tree-hugging liberal, so I don’t talk church much in my circles, but it doesn’t mean I’m afraid to. It just means I know what works for me, and I wholly respect what works for others. Because I go to church doesn’t mean I’ve got this all figured out. My faith waivers so much it’s like I’m standing in a kayak on the Niagara most days....

“The risk of hypertension in pregnancy and pre-eclampsia increases with age. Multiple gestations increases these risks too,” says Dr. Daniel Shapiro, a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist at Reproductive Biology Associates. “Obesity in pregnancy – BMI over 30 – is an independent risk factor for many problems in pregnancy including pre-eclampsia.” So age, multiples, and weight can all lead to complications in pregnancy. These complications can include gestational diabetes, needing a c-section delivery, delivering preterm, or having a low or very-low-birth-weight baby....

Here’s what you need to know about what’s in the bill the House just passed, its prospects for becoming law, and, crucially, what it means for the timing of the next stimulus payment. What’s in the bill? With a $1.9 trillion price tag, it should be no surprise that this bill does a lot: expansions of the child and earned income tax credits, funding for state and local governments, an extension of federal unemployment insurance, healthcare and vaccine funding, the infamous $1,400 stimulus, and more....

The U.S. has educational and social programs that can help children in poverty succeed – like Early Head Start, an intensive program designed to promote young children’s development. But, every year, children are left on waiting lists for programs like this because the federal government did not allocate enough money for all children in need of services. Americans want children to have every opportunity to develop to their fullest potential....

Despite this monumental disaster, Lucasfilm made another grab at the Christmas brass ring: a Star Wars-themed Christmas album. They assembled a team that included producer Meco Menardo (whose disco version of the Star Wars score, hit number one in 1977), Broadway songwriter Maury Yeston and C-3PO himself, Anthony Daniels, as narrator. Two months later, Christmas in the Stars was released. Christmas in the Stars was a holiday staple for much of my childhood before it slowly began to get filed further and further back in my collection....

Whooshhhh! My 9-year-old son, Nicholas, and I were fishing on a boat in Alaska’s Resurrection Bay. Nicholas and I were close. I used to read to him, we shared most of our meals, traveled, wrestled, joked, skied, and got along famously. But I was increasingly reading alone and he was more and more interested in playtime with his peers and I didn’t want to lose the connection with my quickly maturing son....

“I’ve been in practice for 23 years,” says, Brad Reedy, Ph.D. and the author of The Journey of the Heroic Parent: Your Child’s Struggle & The Road Home, “and I’ve never heard a child say, ‘You know mom and dad, you’re right, I didn’t maintain a B average on my report card, and I see the consequence is that I don’t get to play video games, and I feel that’s appropriate; thank you....

But using such patronizing language is a common trap to fall into when speaking to older individuals. Regardless of good intentions, slipping into this type of speech denies them dignity and can harm their health in the long run. Yes, older individuals may be vulnerable and require more care, particularly if they are experiencing cognitive or physical decline. The tendency to, say, slow down your speech or use smaller words is understandable....

Telling an angry person to calm down is simple and direct and about as effective as eating soup with a fork. The person doesn’t want to hear it because they can’t. Their limbic system has often hijacked the brain and when someone is in the fight-or-flight response, there’s no creativity, just a singular focus on the threat. More than not getting through, those two words will most likely piss them off because the implicit message is: Your feelings are inappropriate and you can’t handle them....

First of all, respect the complexity of your young one. “We think of toddlers as children who walk unsteadily,” says Amy McCready, author of If I Have to Tell You One More Time, “but they also show plenty of instability in the social and emotional realms. They’re not only navigating the world around them, but also finding their place in the family constellation and gaining a sense of independence.” Toddlers are just beginning to explore the world around them, test their boundaries, and find out how their parents tick....